About us
Czech-BioImaging is a national research infrastructure for biological and medical imaging. It is a distributed infrastructure of leading imaging facilities in the Czech Republic. The infrastructure provides an open access to a wide range of imaging technologies and expertise to all scientists in the Czech Republic and from abroad by a unified and coordinated logistics approach.
The aim of Czech-BioImaging is:
- to enable a permanent access to cutting edge imaging technologies and expertise in imaging to scientists, which do not have available at their own institutions,
- to increase awareness and knowledge of biological and medical imaging,
- to support mutual cooperation of scientists and sharing of best practices and knowledge.
The Core Facility Electron Microscopy and Raman Spectroscopy (ISI-EM) at the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS provide support to academic institutions and industrial companies in their basic research and development of more effective therapies or diagnostic markers. Application needs and client feedback provide important stimuli for in-house research and development of measurement techniques available in laboratories. This research is carried out by members of the laboratory teams within their affiliation to research groups according to their focus (Microscopy for Biomedicine, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Biophotonics and Optofluidics). Access to the services of the laboratories is supported by their inclusion in the Czech-BioImaging and Euro-BioImaging networks, which contribute to the funding of the operation and provide expert feedback to put pressure on the high quality of the service.
Reservation of Core Facility Electron Microscopy and Raman spectroscopy instruments and services
The Core Facility Electron Microscopy and Raman spectroscopy was created by combining several research groups at the Institute of Scientific Institute of CAS:
The main task of the laboratory is to provide basic research and services in the field of advanced electron microscopy techniques with a focus on applications in the fields of biology, chemistry and soft matter.
The main fields
- cryo-SEM
- quantitative STEM imaging and analysis
- Raman microscopy and spectroscopy, including Raman tweezers
- correlative imaging SEM/cathodoluminescence/Raman microscopy
- cryo sample preparation for EM
Access to the laboratory's services is supported by its integration into the Czech-BioImaging and Euro-BioImaging networks, which participate in the financing of the operation and provide expert feedback exerting pressure on the high quality of the service.